Injury

Not much to report. I'm injured again. I went out for a sorta long run (ended up being around 6 miles) and on my last 1 minute of running, I pulled my left calf muscle. I actually felt it "pop". Before that it was a good run. I was doing hill sprints, running backwards for shin strenghthing. (If anyone is reading an 80 year old woman's blog she is probably writing about the freaky girl running backwards up hill. She actually stopped sweeping her driveway when I went by. I'm sure she thinks I'm tripping on acid.) Anyhow I was running backwards down my final hill and was getting ready to hard sprint back up it and the leg just went. Today has always been a gym day and I actually skipped it and came right into work. I have iced/heated/electric implused by calf. I think all of it helped. I will do the gym tomorrow and either elliptical or swim for my cardio.

I actually took pictures of one of my hills to brag, but when I post them they get all messed up. (hence why I haven't posted in awhile) When I get some time I will post the pics.

I'm debating on adding a XC race in November. It's suppose to be an extremely hard course to run. I would be running in the Women's open and Masters time slot. What the hell is a Master? Are these ladies that run 5k's in 15-19 min? I wanted my husband to run with me, but he's not interested. (which I will get into later on why...it's a huge story that really has nothing to do with running)The prizes for this race are amazing (not that i'm in contention) I just don't want to be the last one over that finish line.

It is starting to get cold around here on runs. I need to get some warm tops and gloves for my 1/2 training. I'm not looking forward to putting pants on for my runs. I'm still in shorts and plan on staying in them for as long as possible.

I figured how "the baby" got that cookie the other day. I actually took a picture of it. He cracks me up. I will post that later too. Oh and my daughter's class did not vomit, or die from my baking. These poor children actually wanted more of my cookies. Which just proves to me that every other mother in this state only lets her children eat veggies for snacks and desserts.